The 1896 presidential election marked the last time in American history that
a. the values of rural and small-town America dominated those of the cities.
b. the South remained solid for the Democratic party.
c. a third-party candidate had a serious chance at the White House.
d. a majority of urban workers voted for the Republicans.
e. a presidential candidate tried to win the White House with mostly agrarian votes.
e
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The National Recovery Administration sought to promote economic recovery by __________
a. reducing corporate taxes b. restoring competition c. experimenting with national economic planning d. implementing classical economic theory e. eliminating all taxes
Why was the planned 1960 summit meeting in Paris between Eisenhower and Khrushchev canceled?
a. An attempt by dissenters in the Soviet Politburo to depose Khrushchev posed a threat to his power. b. It appeared that the meeting might benefit the Democrats in the upcoming presidential election. c. The United States refused to apologize after an American spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. d. Conservative Republicans bitterly protested Eisenhower's willingness to meet with Khrushchev.
The late-seventeenth-century rebellion in New York was headed by ____, whereas that in Maryland was led by ____
a. Nathaniel Bacon, Catholics b. William Berkeley, slaves c. Puritans, Indians d. Jacob Leisler, Protestants e. the Dutch, Catholics
Conflicts between the East and West were most dangerous during
a. the Cuban Missile Crisis. b. the failure of Charles de Gaulle to participate in the UN. c. the construction of the Berlin Wall. d. the proxy wars of containment. e. none of these.